History

Robert E. Clow (his father was Robert C. Clow) was the School Board President of District 40 (Wheatland Elementary District).  District 40 consolidated with two other districts in 1972 (Granger Elementary District 90 which included Longwood School, and Indian Plains Elementary District 182) to form Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 204.  Each of these districts educated children in grades 1-8.   Students attended grades 9-12 at Naperville High School District 107 (later to become Naperville Community Unit District 203).  Mr. Clow was a member of a prominent family who owned and operated farms in the region.

Clow and Hill Middle School were the first schools constructed following the creation of the district and the building of Waubonsie Valley High School. These schools were the outcome of a citizens committee examining district needs, a collaborative process that is still successfully employed today. 

In 1979 Clow was located in a rural portion of Naperville.   In fact, the first Principal,  Carl Pinnow, reports that when he came to visit the school during construction via Leverenz, the road ended where the county and city boundary met (today Flambeau Drive intersects Leverenz at this location). He had to leave his car at the dead end and walk to the school site.  By the time the school opened roads had been constructed, but you will see from the S.W. picture below, there were no houses. From the S.E. picture below you'll note many small plantings around the foundation.  Neighborhood volunteers (Wheatland View did exist at this time) joined school personnel in landscaping the grounds. Former Assistant Superintendent for Business Peter Gombert, and Board of Education member Owen Wavrinek, were among those who spent their weekend digging holes and planting  bushes and trees.